Giro d'Italia 2008

Eight British riders and three past Giro d'Italia winners line up for the 91st edition of the Tour of Italy, starting in Palermo on May 10 and before they embark on 21 stages. All pictures by fotoreporter sirotti - see Gallery for more team presentation shots

1 Di Luca Danilo ITA (Giro Winner)
2 Bailetti Paolo ITA
3 Bosisio Gabriele ITA
4 Chiarini Riccardo ITA
5 Ermeti Giairo ITA
6 Golcer Jure SLO
7 Pietropolli Daniele ITA (Giro Winner)
8 Savoldelli Paolo ITA (Giro Winner)
9 Spezialetti Alessandro ITA

11 Valjavec Tadej SLO
12 Deignan Philip IRL
13 Mandri Rene EST
14 Mangel Laurent FRA
15 Nocentini Rinaldo ITA
16 Rousseau Nicolas FRA
17 Sonnery Blaise FRA
18 Usov Alexandre BLR
19 Krivtsov Yuriy UKR

21 Leipheimer Levi Usa USA
22 Contador Alberto Esp ESP
23 Gusev Vladimir Rus RUS
24 Colom Antonio Esp ESP
25 Iglinsky Maxime Kaz KAZ
26 Steve Morabito
27 Mizourov Andrei Kaz KAZ
28 Kloden Andreas Ger GER
29 Bazayev Assan Kaz KAZ

31 Bellotti Francesco Ita
32 Calcagni Patrick SUI
33 Cardenas Ravalo Felix Rafael COL
34 Cummings Steven GBR
35 Gasparotto Enrico ITA
36 Pfannberger Christian AUT
37 Scognamiglio Carlo ITA
38 Soler Hernandez Juan M. COL
39 Geraint Thomas GBR

41 Arroyo Duran David ESP out and replaced by Mathieu Perget
42 Horrach Rippoll Joan ESP
43 Karpets Vladimir RUS
44 Lastras Garcia Pablo ESP
45 Perez Sanchez Francisco ESP
46 Perget Mathieu FRA
47 Rodriguez Oliver Joaquin ESP
48 Rujano Guillen José VEN
49 Pasamontes Rodriguez Luis ESP

51 Buffaz Mickael FRA
52 Duclos-Lassalle Hervé FRA
53 Fernandez Bustinza Bingen ESP
54 Hartmann Nicolas FRA
55 Heijboer Mathieu NED
56 Huguet Yann FRA
57 Monier Damien FRA
58 Nuyens Nick BEL
59 Verbrugghe Rik BEL

61 Sella Emanuele ITA
62 Baliani Fortunato ITA
63 Richeze - drug busted before start
64 Laverde Jimenez Luis Felipe COL
65 Perez Cuapio Julio Alberto MEX
66 Savini Filippo ITA
67 Priamo Matteo ITA
68 Dall'antonia Tiziano ITA
69 Pozzovivo Domenico ITA

71 Agirre Aseginolaza Josu ESP
72 Aperribay Lander ESP
73 Fernandez Koldo ESP
74 Galdos Alonso Aitor ESP
75 Galparsoro Martinez Dionisio ESP
76 Irizar Aranburu Markel ESP
77 Landaluze Intxaurraga Inigo ESP
78 Perez Lezaun Alan ESP
79 Velasco Murillo Ivan ESP

81 Cherel Mikael FRA
82 Gudsell Timothy NZL
83 Hutarovich Yauheni BLR
84 Jegou Lilian FRA
85 Le Boulanger Yoann FRA
86 Levarlet Guillaume FRA
87 Roy Jérémy FRA
88 Vanendert Jelle BEL
89 Veikkanen Jussi FIN

91 Förster Robert GER
92 Fothen Thomas GER
93 Fröhlinger Johannes GER
94 Gatto Oscar ITA
95 Krauss Sven GER
96 Moletta Andrea ITA
97 Ordowski Volker GER
98 Rebellin Davide ITA
99 Russ Matthias GER

101 Cavendish Mark GBR
102 Greipel Andrè GER
103 Hansen Adam AUS
104 Martin Tony GER
105 Pinotti Marco ITA
106 Possoni Morris ITA
107 Rabon Frantisek CZE
108 Siutsou Kanstantsin BLR
109 Wiggins Bradley GBR

111 Bruseghin Marzio ITA
112 Bossoni Paolo ITA
113 Baldato Fabio ITA
114 Loosli David SUI
115 Szmyd Sylvester POL
116 Spilak Simon SLO
117 Lorenzetto Mircoze ITA
118 Santambrogio Mauro ITA
119 Gavazzi Francesco ITA

121 Bennati Daniele ITA
122 Carlström Kjell FIN
123 Cataldo Dario ITA
124 Miholjevic Vladimir CRO
125 Nibali Vincenzo ITA
126 Noe' Andrea ITA
127 Pellizotti Franco ITA
128 Vanotti Alessandro ITA
129 Wegelius Charles GBR

131 Bettini Paolo ITA
132 Efimkin Vladimir RUS
133 Engels Addy NED
134 Facci Mauro ITA
135 Garate Juan Manuel ESP
136 Schwab Hubert SUI
137 Seeldrayers Kevin BEL
138 Tonti Andrea ITA
139 Visconti Giovanni ITA

141 Ardila Cano Mauricio Alberto COL
142 Brown Graeme AUS
143 De Groot Bram NED
144 Eltink Theo NED
145 Hayman Mathew AUS
146 Kozontchuk Dmitry RUS
147 Löwik Gerben NED
148 Martens Paul GER
149 Menchov Denis RUS

151 Ricco' Riccardo ITA
152 Benitez Roman Jose Alberto ESP
153 Belohvosciks Raivis LAT
154 Capecchi Eros ITA
155 Canada Gracia David ESP
156 Capelli Ermanno ITA
157 Camano Ortuzar Iker ESP
158 Pagliarini Mendonca Luciano BRA
159 Piepoli Leonardo ITA

161 Simoni Gilberto ITA (Giro Winner)
162 Bertolini Alessandro ITA
163 Hondo Danilo GER
164 Illiano Raffaele ITA
165 Ivanov Ruslan MDA
166 Missaglia Gabriele ITA
167 Nardello Daniele ITA
168 Ochoa Carlos José VEN
169 Serpa Perez Jose Rodolfo COL

171 Steurs Geert BEL
172 Cornu Dominique BEL
173 De Greef Francis BEL
174 Devenyns Dries BEL
175 Gates Nick AUS
176 Lloyd Matthew AUS
177 McEwen Robbie AUS
178 Van Den Broeck Jurgen BEL
179 Van Huffel Wim BEL

181 Backstedt Magnus SWE
182 Dean Julian NZL
183 Hesjedal Ryder CAN
184 Millar David GBR
185 Mc Carty Jonathan Patrick USA
186 Pate Danny USA
187 Sutton Christopher AUS
188 Vandevelde Christian USA
189 Zabriskie David USA

191 Lund Anders DEN
192 McGee Bradley AUS
193 Sörensen Chris DEN
194 Larsson Gustav Erik SWE
195 Mccartney Jason USA
196 Voigt Jens GER
197 Blaudzun Michael DEN
198 Sörensen Nicki DEN
199 O'grady Stuart AUS

201 Zabel Erik GER
202 Astarloa Ascasibar Igor ESP
203 Eichler Markus GER
204 Ghisalberti Sergio ITA
205 Jurco Matej SVK
206 Ongarato Alberto ITA
207 Poitschke Enrico GER
208 Sabatini Fabio ITA
209 Velo Marco ITA

211 Petrov Evgeni RUS
212 Kiryienka Vasil BLR
213 Mazzanti Luca ITA
214 Loddo Alberto ITA
215 Ignatiev Mikhail RUS
216 Trussov Nikolai RUS
217 Brutt Pavel RUS
218 Klimov Serguei RUS
219 Serov Alexander RUS